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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia hospitals set a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations last week, and models show we will exceed our previous peak by nearly 20%

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WASHINGTON, DC - Omicron has filled up U.S. hospitals with more COVID-19 patients than any other surge of the pandemic. But there's been a shift in how the illness behaves since the days of delta, with many cases, even hospitalized ones, milder and quicker to treat.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s top pandemic adviser says it’s possible the state is nearing the peak of the omicron surge.

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CHARLESTON, WV - There were 339 members of the West Virginia Guard providing assistance at 39 health care facilities across the state as of Friday, according to James Hoyer

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CHARLESTON, WV - The requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 kicked in Thursday for millions of health care workers in half the states in America.

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CHARLESTON, WV - While it was not a record-breaking open enrollment period in West Virginia, the number of West Virginians who enrolled in health insurance has increased from the 2021 period.

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CHARLESTON, WV - A bill introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday calls for the closing of three out of four state hospitals by next year, but it does not include Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta.

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